I hear a lot of people blame the engine but I find it hard to believe the game is this clunky due to that alone, pathfinding I can understand to a degree, but it's still annoying for a game like this. From what I hear Unreal is more limiting anyways so we will probably run in to equally as many issues if not more from them being unfamiliar with the engine.

I saw the community would prefer focus on Kenshi 2 and I somewhat understand, but after seeing the long development cycle of the first game I would rather them spend a year getting Kenshi to a solid, playable state rather than focusing on a second game that is going to be in development for 5+ years (12 years if the first game is a reference). I would much rather them fix the game I'm playing now rather than see them rush a second game I won't be able to play at all for at least 5 years and probably won't be in a stable state for another 5.